capcioso
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin captiōsus.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /kap.siˈo.zu/ [kap.sɪˈo.zu], (faster pronunciation) /kapˈsjo.zu/, /ka.pi.siˈo.zu/ [ka.pi.sɪˈo.zu], (faster pronunciation) /ka.piˈsjo.zu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kap.siˈo.zo/ [kap.sɪˈo.zo], (faster pronunciation) /kapˈsjo.zo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐˈpsjo.zu/
- Rhymes: -ozu
Adjective
capcioso (feminine capciosa, masculine plural capciosos, feminine plural capciosas, metaphonic)
Further reading
- “capcioso”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “capcioso”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin captiōsus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kabˈθjoso/ [kaβ̞ˈθjo.so] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
- IPA(key): /kabˈsjoso/ [kaβ̞ˈsjo.so] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -oso
- Syllabification: cap‧cio‧so
Adjective
capcioso (feminine capciosa, masculine plural capciosos, feminine plural capciosas)
- loaded, misleading, tricky, deceptive
- Esa es una pregunta capciosa.
- That's a loaded question.
Further reading
- “capcioso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025